Complete Definition of "ottava"

see|otava|Otava
English

Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ottava, meaning "octave", the feminine ordinal form of otto, meaning "eight".

Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. music One octave higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up one octave. Abbreviation: 8va.

See also
quindicessima


Finnish

Verb
ottava

  1. fi-participle of|ottaa

Italian

Noun
it-noun|ottav|f|a|e

  1. octave
  2. eighth
  3. octet, octette

it:ottava
ja:ottava

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